Saint
Saint Scholastica
- Country / origin
- Italy
- Life
- c. 480 – c. 547
- Feast
- 10 February
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
Sister of Saint Benedict — his twin, according to tradition — who lived a consecrated life near Monte Cassino. Gregory the Great tells of their last meeting.
Patron of
- nuns
- against storms (popular devotion)
When to ask for intercession
- to grow in prayer and love
- for consecrated women
A short prayer
Saint Scholastica, teach me that love can do more than rules, and intercede for me with God.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
What we know — and how
Tradition holds
What we know comes from the Dialogues of Gregory the Great, written decades later; that she was Benedict's twin is a later tradition.
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